Okay so I read the forum on this already but its not exactly the kind of thing I experience. It began when I was younger, you know you have the imaginary friends and such, but as I got older it never went away. I am eighteen now and I still talk to people that aren't really there. Thing is I know that I am talking to myself but when I am doing it I feel as though I am talking to some one else. I now have 38 different "people" that I talk to, who also have their own respective lives, in their own worlds. It didn't really become an issue until about a year ago, anymore I don't even want to be around people because I would rather just talk to me/the people in my head. And the worst part is that I want to stop but I love it so much I feel like it would be like killing your best friend, "they" have become a part of me that I don't feel like can be replaced. It's ruining my relationships and I'm just not sure if this is like a condition or something, or if its an overactive imagination that just need to be harnessed or something. I would be so thankful for any useful reply to this.